At this New York City boutique, immigrants shop for free. Then they started offering free weddings too

When José Zambrano, Jennifer Rodriguez, and their 7-year-old son Lian fled Ecuador, they sought asylum in New York City with hope for a brighter, safer future.

There, with a hotel roof over their heads and money trickling in from day gigs, Zambrano and Rodriguez could finally breathe easy enough to talk about getting married.

That’s when Rodriguez went to Little Shop of Kindness — a nonprofit that collects donated clothes for migrant families — to find a wedding dress…

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